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To: Grainne who wrote (103581)	5/9/2005 8:20:08 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 108807

It used to be that I assumed everyone I knew was like me and made no attempt to moderate the way I expressed opinions in public, say at a meeting of employees of an organization. I realize that this put some people in an uncomfortable position, including the officials who conducted such meetings and those of my associates who unbeknownst to me were homosexuals. Also, I have no way of knowing whether any of my correspondents on SI are gay. I may have shot off my mouth more than once when I shouldn't have. I would like to be thought of as a person who tries to treat others the way I want to be treated. Sometimes I am successful, sometimes not. OK, let me be frank. I got married and had a family in the conventional way, and followed all the rules to the best of my ability. I expect a certain level of expenses relating to health care and social costs, based on my belief that others should do likewise. I don't like it when they make choices that raise my costs. Self and family health care in my situation is spread amongst conventional families like mine. When somebody changes the rules without my consent, and those new rules cost me more, I don't like it. Tax breaks for married couples are likewise. Awarded to gay couples, it raises my taxes. Also, I can't quite forget that HIV/Aids was brought to us and given epidemic proportions by homosexual behavior. The costs of this are enormous, and I resent it because it was caused by people who refused to follow the same rules that I did. Sexual predators, gay or straight, should be dealt with severely. They are bad people, even worse than hypocrites.